Weighing attachment for ice-boxes.



. 0. E. MGCUMBER.

WBIGHING ATTACHMENT TOR 10B BOXES.

APPLGATION FILED DEG. 2 6, 1913.

Patented Apr.28, 1914.

"fiile ss ORINDA ELIZABETH MCCUMBER, F OMAH, NEBRASKA.

WEIGHING ATTACHMENT FOR ICE-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted Apr, 28, 1914,

' Application filed December 2G, 1913. Serial No. 808,638.

. To all whom it may Centern.' at 13 in the side ywall G. An elongated aper- Be it known that I. ORINDA ELIZABETH ture 14 is formed in the side wall 7 throuvh f 7 D MCCUMBER, a citizen of the United States, Awhich the lever may project. residing at Omaha, in the county of Doug- At 15 is indicated a wheel which may be 60 5 las and Stateof Nebraska, have invented, provided with a shaft 16 having bearings certain new and useful Improvements in in bracket 17 secured upon wall 7, above 'Veighing Attachments for Ice-Boxes, of aperture 14; and the periphery of wheel 15 which the following a specification. may be provided with an index a. Mounted This invention relates to weighing atupon shaft 1G is a crank 18, and at 19 is in- 55 tachments VJfor ice boxes, and has for its obdic-ated a connecting rod having its respecject, broadly, to provide devices for weightive eiids mounted upon this crank and lever ing ice after it has been placed in the boX, 12. The parts may be so proportioned that the means for this purpose to consist of few member 15 may be rotated substantially 180 and simple parts, so that they may be'ecodegrees by an upward or downward move- 70 nomically constructed. I ment of lever 12.

The construction shows a receptacle for At 20 is indicated a spring, one of its ends containing ice which conforms, in cross-sec being mounted upon bracket- 21'secured upon' tion, to the shape of the box, and so ar- Wall 7, its opposite end being mounted upon ranged that it may be conveniently removed rod 19; and it is obvious that a downward 75 therefrom when desired, and when placed swinging movement of lever 12, working therein will form air-passageways between in aperture 14, will be subject to the reits sides and the walls of the box, devices 'sistance of the spring to cause a rotatable being,r employed by means of which the movement of number 15; and as thus deweight of the ice within the receptacle may scribed, it may be said that lever 12 is re- 80 be ascertained at any time. A siliently mounted.

The invention consists of the novel eon- At 22 -is indicated a receptacle having struction, combination and arrangement ot' downwardly projrctinglugs 23 secured upon parts as described herein and claimed, and its bottom.' At thel junction ofthe side walls as illustrated in the drawing, wherein,- with thefront and back ot' the box are se- 85 Figure 1 is a View, in longitudinal seccured brackets 24. At 25 are indicated a tion, of an ice box provided with weighing plurality of secondary levers, each having attachments, the section being substantially one of its ends fulcrumed in a bracket'24, through the middle oi' the box, as on line its opposite end being disposed upon the 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section disk2G, said disk having a ln'ojeetion eX- 90 taken through the box below the ice receptending downwardly l'or a pivotal mounting tacle to illustrate an arrangement of levers in the enlarged part 1I of lever 12. lrackand their sul'iports, a part oi the ice recepets 24 are normally disposed iu a horizontal tacle being added. Fig. 3 is a sectional view plane. Levers 25 are oi" uniform length and showing a part ot the inner face ot' one of may be arranged to engage disk 2o at sub- 95 the side walls oi the box, to illustrate means stantially uniform distances from projecfor automatically terminating the tension tion o, and pre'ieral'ily, 'lisk 2G is dispr'lsed oi the spring, as a section on line 3 3 of substantially at equal distances from the Fig. 1. Fig. lfis a side view oi an index for sides, `n'iidway between the front and back the scales. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view, of the box. Levers 25 are provided, at nni- 100 on a reduced scale, of the ice receptacle. form distances ,trom their outer ends, with c Referring now to the drawing for a more -depressions or grooves d; lugs 23 are dis- Intrticular description, lnumerals (5 and 7 reposed uniformly upon the bottom of recep- 4 speetively indicate the side walls ot' an ice tacle 22, each being equi-distant from a corbox, its trontand back being respectively inner of said receptacle; and when the recep# m5 dic-ated at 8 and 9. The ice box thus shown tacle is placed on levers 25 eac'h lug 23 will is rectangular in erosssection, und its lid 10 engiige in a depression d while disposed at is mounted upon the back, in the usual manright angles with the lever upon which it is ner, by means of hinges 11. supported. As thus described the parts pro- At 1.2, disposed trai'isversely midway' bevide convenient means for weighing ice. At u@ tween the front and back of the box, is a thetime ice is purchased it may be placed in .main lever, one ol" its ends being fulcrumed receptacle 22, as shown in Fig. 1, and its weight may be ascertained by reference to the index. The bottom of theI receptacle is provided with a drain pipe Q7, and water from melted ice may be discharged withinf pipe 28, these parts, however, being so disposed that pipe 27 will not' make contact with pipe 28 to interfere with the operation of weighing.

At 29 is indicated an angular' flange dis-l posed at the lower part and mounted up on the upright walls of receptacle 2Q, to provide a container or drain for the condensed moisture which may form on the outer sur tace of said walls, and the water from this source may pass into the receptacle through port e,

It will be noted that the receptacle 22 is normally disposed adjacent to the upright Walls of the boX, and may be conveniently removed and replaced, this being of advantage for sanitary reasons, and on account of the construction as described, a passageway it is provided which extends entirely around said receptacle to permit a 'ree circulation of air. tlso on account ot' the provision ot disk Q6 and its mounting, and the mounting of the secondary levers 25 thereon, the receptacle 2:2 is supported to advantage. It may haile'a slight vertical movement during the operation et weighing the ice, but it may 'notl have a sidewise swinging movement at any time.

Since attachments for weighing ice, as described, would be oit no practical-.advantage unless the weight thereof could be accurately determined, and since a continued strain of the spring would tend to injure or weaken it, means are provided tor preventing any strain or tension of the spring while the lid is closed. rthis may consist, in part, ot a cam 30 which may be mounted upon wall 7 by means of the pivot-pin 3l which is disposed below lever l2 adjacent to aperture llt. Mounted upon wall 7 is a rock lever 32. Upon one otlthe arms of the rock lever is pivotally mounted one end of a li-nk the opposite end of this link being pivotally mounted upon the cam. Upon the other arm of the rock lever is pivotally mounted one end of the link 3ft, its opposite end being pivotally mounted upon bracketl 85, said bracket being mounted upon the lid 10 of the ice boX. The parts are so arranged that when the lid is raised the cam may have a rotatable movement, substantially,'of 180 degrees so that it will not engage lever 12, and the weight of receptacle Q2 and its contents will cause said lever to swing downwardly in aperture 1i subject to the resistance of spring 20at which time said weight may be determined by the index a. A downward swinging movement of the lid, howev'er, will cause reverse movern'ents of the arms ot the rock lever, to that'last described, 4and the` rotatable movement of the cam will cause its periphery to engage lever 12 and will cause the lever to swing upwardly. '.lhe upward swinging movement of said lever will cause rod l5) to move upwardly to terminate the` tension of the spring, and. lever l2 will be in engagement with the cam at all times except when the lid is completely raised. Means are provided tending to prevent the lid from closing and to maintain it in an upright position until manually closed. For this purpose the pivotal mounting for the rock lever consists of the thumb screw 36 in engagement with said rock lever and with block 37, as best shown in Fig. l. By an adjustment ot the thumb screw a pressure ot said screw against the rock lever may be made sulticient in degree to prevent t-he lid from swinging downward from accidental causes, but the lid may be closed by manually grasping it and swinging it downwardly against the force of said pressure.

Means are provided for causing a closure of the aperture it of wall 7 within which lever l2 moves, to thereby prevent an undue `melting of ice. This aperture must be ol: ample size to permit the movements of' link 12 without binding or undue l'riction and a ,closure of'said aperture is therefore necessary. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the, operation of the rock lever 32 will. cause the cam to be disposed in its lowernost position when the lid l0 is raised, and the operationot these parts is such that when the lid is swung downward or closed, the cuni will be elevated to the position shown by the dotted, circular line; and 'by these means, which operate antonmiically, a closure will be made ot substantially all ot the area ot the aperture, except the space occu` pied by the lever, and this closure ot the aperture will continue while the lid l() remains closed.

lllhile I have described construction iu detail, it has been for the purpose ol clearly explaining one embodiment of the invention, and it will be understood that I may make certain changes in form, size, proportion and minor details, within. the scope of the appended claims.

l/Vhat I claim and desire to secure by lietters Patent is,-

'1. ln weighing attaclnncnts tor an ice box, the combination of a main lever disposed transversely of and fulcrumed in the box, a spring supported by the box and connected with said main lever; a disk provided with a projection and supported by the main lever; a plurality of secondary levers lulcrumcd in the box and supported by the disk, a recoptacle mounted on the secondary levers for 1.25

the tension of the spring.

for causing a tension of the spring; an index adapted to be actuated by a movement ofthe main lever; alcam mounted on the box; and an arrangement of links connected with the cam and said lid for moving the cam into engagement with the main lever by one of the movements of the lid for terminating 3. In combination with an ice box having an apertured wall and a movable lid, a main lever traversing the aperture of said wall. and fulcrumed in the box, as ring supported by the box and connecte with saldxnain lever; a receptacle supported by lsaid main 'lever for causing a tension of the spring; an index adapted to be actuated by p a movement of the main lever; a cam mounted on the box; an arrangement of links connected with the cam and said lid for causing a rotatable movement of the cam by a movement of the lid, the operation being that said movementof the cam will cause a closure of a part of said aperture and will cause a. movement of the main lever for terminating lthe tension of said spring. 4. vIn combination Wlth an ice box having an apertured Wall and a movable lid, a lever disposed in said aperture and fulcrumed in the box, a spring supported by the box and connected With the lever, a receptacle supported by the lever for causing a tension of the spring, and a cam adapted to be actuated by a movementof the lid for making a closure of a part of the aperture of said wall and for terminating the tension of the spring.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

ORINDA ELIZABETH MCCUMBER.

Witnesses: HIRAM A. S'rURoEs, L. M. THOMAS. 

